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GENUS MADOQUA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Madoqua mean?
• GENUS MADOQUA (noun)
The noun GENUS MADOQUA has 1 sense:
1. genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
Familiarity information: GENUS MADOQUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Madoqua; Madoqua
Hypernyms ("genus Madoqua" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Madoqua"):
dik-dik (any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit)
Holonyms ("genus Madoqua" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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